blameworthiness

noun

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as in culpability

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  1. culpability
  2. complicity
  3. sinfulness
  4. guilt
  5. blame
  6. condemnation
Noun
  • Students and activists protested the funding structure, accusing ExxonMobil of retracing the path of tobacco companies, which paid for scientific work on obscure causes of cancer as a distraction from their culpability.
    — Katie Worth, ProPublica, 30 Oct. 2026
  • Tamara Le Ann Wallace wore a dark blazer and jeans, her shoulder-length hair adorned with light blue dye on the tips, standing straight and using a loud, firm voice to declare her culpability in federal court in Sacramento.
    — Sharon Bernstein, Sacbee.com, 29 Oct. 2026
Definition of culpability
Noun
  • The paper trail of royal complicity in slavery thus stretches across three centuries.
    — Brooke N. Newman, The Conversation, 29 Oct. 2026
  • Curiously, the same thing happened to Altobelli, and the two of us ended up breaking into a clamorous chorus of laughter, confirming our complicity, especially when laughing at one of our idols.
    — J. B. MacKinnon, Harpers Magazine, 27 Oct. 2026
Definition of complicity
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  • But soon after, in Genesis 18, God tells Abraham of plans to investigate reports of sinfulness in Sodom and Gomorrah.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 2 July 2026
  • Denver author Josiah Hesse was raised by Evangelical parents in churches that believe in the torments of hell, that their poverty is due to their sinfulness and lack of faith.
    — Sandra Dallas, Denver Post, 1 Feb. 2026
Definition of sinfulness
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  • Through imposing guilt by association and collective punishments, the North Korean state has spent decades attenuating the relationships through which private anger might be converted into collective action.
    — Jieun Baek, Foreign Affairs, 30 Oct. 2026
  • But the main focus is Sanaa’s relationship with her late father and her guilt over how she may be connected to his crimes.
    — Oline H. Cogdill, Sun Sentinel, 28 Oct. 2026
Definition of guilt
Noun
  • If El-Sayed loses, there will be a fight over blame between Democrats who spent tens of millions of dollars to support him and progressives who’ll argue that the party establishment can’t be trusted when leftist candidates win a nomination.
    — Nicholas Wu, semafor.com, 2 Nov. 2026
  • But fans who looked at the All-22 video of the play weren’t ready to put all the blame on Mahomes, and that created an interesting discourse.
    — Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 30 Oct. 2026
Definition of blame
Noun
  • The Johnson County pastor and the former rural doctor traded condemnations, repeatedly turning policy questions into opportunities to cast doubt on each other’s character and fitness for office.
    — Matthew Kelly, Kansas City Star, 22 Oct. 2026
  • Under Ben-Gvir, Israeli police have increasingly allowed Jews to pray at the site, a deliberate provocation to the Arab world, drawing condemnation from Palestinian and Jordanian authorities.
    — Eric Cortellessa, Time, 22 Oct. 2026
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